Peter Mitham News Today

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As I write this, it’s 2020 4 hours to go until we say good riddance to 2020. For many of us, we’ve spent more than the usual amount of time sedated. Research shows that in 2020  “Americans Are Drinking 14% More Often During Pandemic, Study Finds” (from NPR in October). A report in the journal JAMA Network Open says women increased their drinking even more than men, up by 17% compared to last year. Some women even drank 41% more! In December, Science Daily reported a significant incre...